A Dubbo man has been found guilty of selling stolen wool in exchange for a "hit of meth" at Dubbo Local Court.
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Gordon Salmon, 44, of Fitzroy Street Dubbo has pleaded guilty to one count of receiving and disposing stolen property in court.
According to police facts, on May 12, 2017, a number of half bales of wool amounting to the value of $992.03 was reported stolen from a shearing shed at Peak Hill.
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Subsequently the Australian Wool Exchange was notified and an alert was sent to all wool brokers.
A wool buyer and merchant from Dubbo contacted the property owner who said they may be in possession of the stolen wool after purchasing it off a male on May 8.
The property owner identified the wool belonging to him and noted his own hand writing on one of the wool flaps.
Following police investigations it was revealed Mr Salmon attended the wool broker on May 8 and spoke to an employee, saying he was selling the wool on behalf of Neville Jones and wanted cash for it.
Mr Salmon provided the name of Neville Jones however signed the docket in his name and received $992.03 cash.
According to the facts on May 5, 2018 fingerprint analysis of the documents seized identified the writers handprint belonging to a Robert Milson, which following inquiries revealed to be an alias of Mr Salmon.
On November 20, 2019 police met with Mr Salmon who admitted Robert Milson was his alias and he attended the wool broker in Dubbo where he sold several bales of wool that did not belong to him.
He stated to police that he was given the wool by another male who regularly supplied him with methamphetamine and had been asked to sell the wool in exchange for the drugs.
According to police facts Mr Salmon said he stated he didn't care where the wool came from as long as he was able to receive "a hit of meth".
He also stated the male had instructed him to use the name Neville Jones when selling the wool.
The defence told the court at the time of the offence Mr Salmon "was on ice" however was not now and was a "good father".
Magistrate Theresa Hamilton said while the wool stolen was a "resonantly substantial amount", Mr Salmon had no criminal record and due to his early plea of guilt he was "entitled to the benefit of the doubt".
Mr Salmon was fined $450, and ordered to pay $992.03 in compensation to the owner of the wool.
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